University Of Kansas Photograph - The Corner of RC squared by Amy Steeples

The Corner of RC squared is a photograph by Amy Steeples which was uploaded on June 18th, 2015.

The Corner of RC squared

The Corner of Rock Chalk Lane and Rock Chalk Drive in Lawrence, Kansas.... more

by Amy Steeples

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Title

The Corner of RC squared

Artist

Amy Steeples

Medium

Photograph

Description

The Corner of Rock Chalk Lane and Rock Chalk Drive in Lawrence, Kansas.

Rock Chalk is part of the famous chant of the University of Kansas. The campus mostly built of limestone which is also known as chalk rock, turn it around and it rhymes with Jayhawk. Thus, the Rock Chalk Jayhawk Go KU chant was born.

From the Kansas University Traditions website.
Bailey's version was "Rah, Rah, Jayhawk, KU" repeated three times. The rahs were later replaced by "Rock Chalk," a transposition of chalk rock, the name for the limestone outcropping found on Mount Oread, site of the Lawrence campus.

The cheer became known worldwide. Teddy Roosevelt pronounced it the greatest college chant he'd ever heard. Legend has it that troops used the chant when fighting in the Philippines in 1899, in the Boxer Rebellion in China, and in World War II. At the Olympic games in 1920, the King of Belgium asked for a typical American college yell. The assembled athletes agreed on KU's Rock Chalk and rendered it for His Majesty.

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June 18th, 2015